Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-17
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Miss Winslow. of Boston, who has
an international reputation as a '.beau-
ty." is having her portrait painted by
Munzig, q young Boston artist She
represented in a ball dress of white
with gold and silver trimmings.
AT Lexington, Ga, in his opening
prayer at colored school exhibition .
darky preacher expressed the hope
that all ''de small boys will grow up to
be useful and educated men. like Re-
becca and Elizabeth in de Bible"
Mrs. Clarissa Cox, of Wakefield.
Mass, who has rounded out one hun
dred years of life in this vale of tears,
was asked the secret of her longevity.
Hard work." said she; ''hard work
has always been good for me and I've
always had plenty of it to do"
DIR. Mary Putnam jacob was the
first woman to obtain admission to
L'Ecole de Medicine, of Paris. Her
husband also is physician. but they
practice independently of each other.
DIR. Mary is a descendant of General
Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. She
is a small woman and dresses very
simply.
james Russell Lowell has recently
bought a house in Ashfield, Mass,
which is described as a little bit of a
red farmhouse lying on the southern
slope of one of the highest hills in that
region. The low front door reaches
nearly to the caves, and there is room
for only one small window on each side
of the house.
king Humbert, of Italy, often
causes annoyance and embarrassment
by taking fancy to any little novelty
which he may see in the hands of any
Of his courtiers. No matter what it is
"a cane of rare wood. a jewel set in
some curious way, or a fantastic watch
his Majesty will show such an in"
tense desire TO possess it that finally
the object is offered him and it is al
ways replaced by present of double
or triple its value.
Some young Boston men met in
their clubhouse the other evening to
play poker and one of their number
suggested that the winnings be given
to a man who recently had been ar
rested in the North End for stealing
cabbages for his starving family. This
was agreed to, and at the close of the
game the winners took carriage,
hunted up the cabbage thief's home
and made his family happy with very
respectable sum of money.
Mr. F. H. Richardson, the new
editor of the Macon Telegraph, is one
of the brightest young men in the
State. He graduated at Emory College
in 1873, and has been connected with
the Constitution ever since. For many
years he represented that paper in
Washington, and his letters were
among the best from the National cap
ital. He is thoroughly equipped for
his new field of labor. He has culture,
courtesy, sense and applicatiOn.-A~-
gatSta (GG.) Chronicle.
"A French Lieutenant of hussars
left the army to marry girl who was
too poor to bring him the dowEy a
woman has to have to marry French
officer. He went to work for fifty dol
lars month; his wife fell i'll, he ran
into debt, and finally couldn't get any
body to trust him for milk, which was
the only thing that would keep his wife
alive. So he stole some milk, got
caught at it, and although when ar
raigned the magistrate let him go, his
wife was just dying when he got again
to her bedside. He waited for her last
sigh, and then lay down by her sid
and blew out his brains.